The breakout star of 'Ghostbusters' explains why she refuses to use social media

She's been on "Saturday Night Live" for years, but Kate McKinnon
finally broke into the public consciousness with her wily turn as
Dr. Jillian Holtzmann in "Ghostbusters" this summer.

Unlike other celebrities, McKinnon doesn't leverage herself with
social media. Neither do her fellow Ghostbusters Melissa
McCarthy and Kristen Wiig (Leslie
Jones tweets). McKinnon says it's because she wants to show
off her characters to the world, not herself.

"Even when Facebook came out and I was in college, I found myself
never putting anything on it,"
McKinnon told The New York Times. "It just feels unnatural to
me to broadcast anything other than the character I’ve created."

Previously, McKinnon
told The Hollywood Reporter last year that she doesn't intend
to join any social media platforms, and that she sends emails and
texts to only "about five people."

"I don’t want to put anything out there that could misrepresent
my feelings,"
she said. "If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my
son, who is a cat. That’s mostly what’s going on with me."